Brazil

Brazilians reach World Environment Day between apprehension and fatigue

Growing concern about climate change coexists with Brazilians’ fatigue and distrust regarding the responses of governments and businesses to the environmental crisis.

Ultimately, how many deportees disappear from the official figures?

Discrepancies in official deportation figures cast doubt on widely publicized records and suggest that thousands of cases are missing from public statistics.

Brazil and AI diplomacy: lessons for Colombia and Bolivia

Brazil is banking on AI as a cornerstone of its technological sovereignty and diplomacy, whilst Colombia and Bolivia face the challenge of translating regulation into tangible capabilities.

When naming is intervening: Terrorism, organized crime, and sovereignty in Latin America

Labeling organized crime as terrorism does not only toughen penalties: it redefines the threat, reconfigures the state's responses, and strains sovereignty in Latin America.

Crime without borders: The Brazilian model expanding across the region

The expansion of transnational criminal networks reveals structural failures of the state and the consolidation of an illicit governance that challenges regional security.

From a humanitarian showcase to a migration filter: Brazil’s contradictory role in refugee protection

Brazil went from being a humanitarian model in the face of the Venezuelan exodus to erecting barriers that turn protection into a filter and asylum into an exception.